Drug Policy

A drug policy is the policy, usually of a government, regarding the control and regulation of psychoactive substances (commonly referred to as drugs), particularly those that are addictive or cause physical and mental dependence. Governments try to combat drug addiction or dependence with policies that address both the demand and supply of drugs, as well as policies that mitigate the harms of drug use, and for medical treatment. Demand reduction measures include voluntary treatment, rehabilitation, substitution therapy, overdose management, alternatives to incarceration for drug related minor offenses, medical prescription of drugs, awareness campaigns, community social services, and support for families. …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English

Bringing together essays on uses of history as both a practical activity and an approach to thinking about the present, this collection explores ways in which people have reckoned with …

Remedicalising Cannabis Science, Industry, and Drug Policy Suzanne Taylor 4 Mixing Medicines The Global


NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 8 July 2024 English

"Barred: Over-incarceration of Indigenous people in Canada’s criminal legal system, the health implications, and opportunities for decarceration", confronts the public health crisis that is the over-incarceration of Indigenous people, while …

/index. in prison. International Journal of Drug Policy, 99, 1-6. html Iftene, A. (2019). Incarceration


Ontario 360 · 2 July 2024 English

We also recognize the support of the University of Toronto and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy as the Ontario 360 project’s intellectual and administrative home. [...] …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 18 June 2024 English

The word "pharmacopoeia" has come to have many meanings, although it is commonly understood to be a book describing approved compositions and standards for drugs. In 1813 the Royal College …

Remedicalising Cannabis Science, Industry, and Drug Policy Suzanne Taylor 4 Mixing Medicines The Global


ODPRN: Ontario Drug Policy Research Network · 30 April 2024 English

Users can use their mouse to hover over areas on the graph to read the exact number of individuals and population-adjusted rate for the specific year, geographic area, indicator and …

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ODPRN: Ontario Drug Policy Research Network · 30 April 2024 English

However, since the ODPRN’s initial launch of this tool in 2018, the landscape of the overdose crisis in Ontario has shifted, with an increasing recognition that the majority of opioid-related …

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NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 29 April 2024

Indigenous Peoples in Canada experience disproportionately high rates of tuberculosis, driven in part by the long history of trauma they have endured due to colonialism. This report provides a review …

treatment services. International Journal of Drug Policy, Health, 20(4), 3288. 18(4), 306-312. Snyder


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 11 April 2024 English

Summarizes a networking and planning workshop held November 2023 with members of research teams who received Health Canada funding through the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the …

Addictions Program’s 2023 call for proposals drug policy in general, and cannabis legalization (Health https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12275 Journal of Drug Policy 97, Article 103278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j Addiction (CCSA) 2 Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (Get Sensible) 1 Centre for Addiction and Mental


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 11 April 2024 French

Compte rendu d’un atelier de réseautage et de planification qui a eu lieu en novembre 2023 et a réuni des membres d’équipes de recherche ayant reçu des fonds de Santé …

Blakemore. metrics », International Journal of Drug Policy, « Development of a rational scale to assess autochtones du Canada 1 Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (Get Sensible) 1 Centre canadien sur les dépendances


CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 4 April 2024 English

In Canada, the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in the midst of a increased the toxicity of the drug supply.6–8 In addition, for many, growing drug toxicity crisis. [...] Before the emergence …

Gomes TMR, Kolla G, Leece P, et al.; Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, Office of than 70% of opioid-related fentanyl deaths, Australia 2001–2021. Int J Drug Policy 2022;109:103854. 2022;16:433-9. doi: 10.1016/j statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/12-581-x/2022001/ ada. Int J Drug Policy 2022;106:103742. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103742 population-based time-series analysis. Int J Drug Policy 2022;103:103644. doi: 2021;4:e2112865. doi: 10 toxicity deaths in Ontario from 2017 to 2021. Int J Drug Policy 2021;16:e0255396. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255396


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